Debate: ‘Lagos has waste-pick-and-dump system, not waste management’ – GRV

The governorship candidates of the Labour Party (LP), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Funso Doherty, have criticised the Lagos State Government’s waste management system, describing it as inefficient and in need of urgent reform.

The candidates made their positions known during the Lagos governorship debate in Lagos on Friday organised by the Nigeria Debate Consortium comprising Vanguard, Channels Television, TVC News, The PUNCH and TheCable.

Rhodes-Vivour argued that waste management in Lagos was too centralised, with local governments having little or no involvement in the system.

He said the state had failed to develop a waste-to-wealth va...